Add descriptions to field lists for "Aggregated Fields" [#2075839]

The Aggregated Fields interface shows only the field title, which can be ambiguous. For example, using https://drupal.org/project/title, provides a "Title" field, with the machine name field_title. The current interface provides no distinction between the two "Title" fields.

I suggest adding the field description or machine name to the Aggregated Fields interface.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#7	2075839-7--aggregated_fields_descriptions.patch	1.67 KB	drunken monkey
#5	2075839-4_aggregate_fields_description.patch	2.01 KB	leeomara
#3	2075839-3_aggregate_fields_description.patch	1.69 KB	leeomara
#3	2075839-aggregate_fields_description.png	34.47 KB	leeomara
#2	2075839-2--aggregated_fields_descriptions.patch	704 bytes	drunken monkey
#1	add_field_description-2075839-1.patch	1.01 KB	leeomara

Comments

Comment #1

leeomara

Whitehorse, Yukon

commented 28 August 2013 at 09:56

Status	File	Size
new	add_field_description-2075839-1.patch	1.01 KB

Simple patch adding the field description to the title attribute of the checkbox text.

Comment #2

drunken monkey

he/him

German

Vienna, Austria

commented 28 August 2013 at 10:47

Title:	disambiguate contained fields in "Aggregated Fields"	» Add descriptions to field lists for "Aggregated Fields"
Category:	bug	» feature
Priority:	Minor	» Normal
Status:	Active	» Needs review

Status	File	Size
new	2075839-2--aggregated_fields_descriptions.patch	704 bytes

Great suggestion, thanks! We've luckily already fixed these ambiguities in most other places, but this one still remains, you're right.

Also, I didn't even know HTML was allowed there! Escaping in Drupal really is an inconsistent mess …
But, if it is allowed, we should also escape the field name, shouldn't we? Slightly revised patch attached.

Comment #3

leeomara

Whitehorse, Yukon

commented 28 August 2013 at 20:36

Status	File	Size
new	2075839-aggregate_fields_description.png	34.47 KB
new	2075839-3_aggregate_fields_description.patch	1.69 KB

Rather than placing HTML in the label, this alternate approach uses the #description attribute of checkboxes. It certainly makes the list larger, but it has the advantage of being more obvious (no need to hover to see the title).